MakeItFrom.com
Menu (ESC)

EN-MC65120 Magnesium vs. Nickel 690

EN-MC65120 magnesium belongs to the magnesium alloys classification, while nickel 690 belongs to the nickel alloys. Please note that the two materials have significantly dissimilar densities. This means that additional care is required when interpreting the data, because some material properties are based on units of mass, while others are based on units of area or volume.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN-MC65120 magnesium and the bottom bar is nickel 690.

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 55
90
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 45
200
Elongation at Break, % 3.1
3.4 to 34
Fatigue Strength, MPa 80
180 to 300
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 17
79
Shear Strength, MPa 92
420 to 570
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 160
640 to 990
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 110
250 to 760

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 330
320
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 180
1010
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 590
1380
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 520
1340
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 970
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 100
14
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 26
14

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 25
1.5
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 120
1.6

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 25
50
Density, g/cm3 1.9
8.3
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 25
8.2
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 190
120
Embodied Water, L/kg 930
290

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 4.4
31 to 170
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 140
160 to 1440
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 62
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 23
21 to 33
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 34
20 to 27
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 56
3.5
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 9.8
16 to 25

Alloy Composition


Deprecated: Automatic conversion of false to array is deprecated in /home/public/compare.php on line 452
Carbon (C), % 0
0 to 0.050
Chromium (Cr), % 0
27 to 31
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.5
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.010
7.0 to 11
Magnesium (Mg), % 91.8 to 95.1
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.15
0 to 0.5
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.0050
58 to 66
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.010
0 to 0.5
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.015
Unspecified Rare Earths, % 2.5 to 4.0
0
Zinc (Zn), % 2.0 to 3.0
0
Zirconium (Zr), % 0.4 to 1.0
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.010
0